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gmax:
Clint Eastwood's vision of the battle of Iwo Jima is graphic, disturbing and shocking. Only a few soldiers were able to make it home alive. When Americans make films about war, they more times than not come out on top. It invariably show the fighting perpetual undying spirit of a nation of heroes fighting through adversity to win a war that others think they should fail at. There are exceptions of course, but never, that I can recall, has their been an American film that shows the other side, with an honest and unbiased approach. Clint Eastwood's Letter From Iwo Jima does just that. The film is terribly realistic and loaded with violence. However, in no way does Letters from Iwo Jima glorify warfare. Eastwood portrays battles for what they truly are bloody and horrific. We are shown everything from men being lit on fire to being blown to bits to suicides by grenades. We are shown the true futility of war and how each side understands so little about the other. The film is a great message of anti-war just through showing what war truly is: bombardments, death, destruction, and bloody.I thought this movie
was far superior to "flags of our fathers", it is with "saving private ryan" as one of the best war movies in recent history.

Simon:
I thought I was pretty well informed about the latest films, but this one passed me by.  Will have to check out the DVD, as it sounds like something worth seeing.

Sandra:
There are two versions of it Simon, one shown from the Americans point of view and a second, unfortunately in Japenese with subtitles, showing it from the Japanese viewpoint.

Apparently the Japanese version is supposed to be the better one and only missed out on winning an oscar for best foreign language film by being released a couple of weeks too late to be nominated.

gmax:

--- Quote from: Sandra on June 12, 2007, 11:01 ---There are two versions of it Simon, one shown from the Americans point of view and a second, unfortunately in Japenese with subtitles, showing it from the Japanese viewpoint.

Apparently the Japanese version is supposed to be the better one and only missed out on winning an oscar for best foreign language film by being released a couple of weeks too late to be nominated.

--- End quote ---

 :huh3: What are you talking about?, there is only one version, Clint Eastwood directed it , yes it is in Japanese with English subtitles, which
makes the movie more realistic. You would not know the movie was Amercian until the end credits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima

Simon:
It's subtitled?  Oh bugger.  :(

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